I have been providing the “Introduction” to my bookAfter the New Testament. Here is the end of it. In this version, I include two additional paragraphs on chapters not found in my first edition (chapter 10 and chapter 14). I’ll explain why I added these chapters (and the reading s in them) along with the other changes that I have made in the book, in a subsequent post.

In reading through the new edition of the book – I’m virtually finished and ready to send it in to the publisher – I have been...